Michael Seresin

Director Of Photography

Biography

Accomplished cinematographer who has shot all but two of Alan Parker's films. Seresin made his directorial debut in 1988, with "Homeboy."...

Filmography

Homeboy (1988)

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Cinematographer Style (2006)

Step Up (2006)

Jungle Book: Origins (2018)

Director Of Photography

War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

Director Of Photography

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

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Bugsy Malone (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Fat Sam's Grand Slam

Bugsy Malone (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Go Feed The Ducks

Biography

Accomplished cinematographer who has shot all but two of Alan Parker's films. Seresin made his directorial debut in 1988, with "Homeboy."

Filmography

Life Events

1968

Camera assistant on "If..."

1972

First credit as director of photography, "The Ragman's Daughter"

1988

First feature as director, "Homeboy"

Videos

Bugsy Malone (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Fat Sam's Grand Slam Inside the speak-easy for which the song is named, another tune from Paul Williams’ score with kids in the cast lip-synching to grown-ups’ vocals, with the first glimpse of Jodie Foster as Tallulah, and the first encounter between the title character (Scott Baio) and aspiring singer Blousey (Florence Garland), from Bugsy Malone, 1976, written and directed by Alan Parker.

Bugsy Malone (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Go Feed The Ducks Probably more provocative in retrospect than it seemed at the time, writer-director Alan Parker in his kids-playing-gangsters musical has brassy Tallulah (Jodie Foster), girlfriend of the owner of the night club, apply her charms to the hustler title character (Scott Baio), igniting his potential girlfriend Blousey (Florence Garland), in Bugsy Malone, 1976.

Midnight Express (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Will It Ease The Pain? Brad Davis as American Billy Hayes, narrating a letter to his parents, being processed into a Turkish prison for smuggling hashish, early in director Alan Parker's Midnight Express, 1978, from Hayes' book.

Midnight Express (1978) -- (Movie Clip) I've Been Poisoned From the opening scenes, American Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) preparing to smuggle hashish out of Istanbul, then with girlfriend Susan (Irene Miracle) at the airport, from Alan Parker's Midnight Express, 1978.

Midnight Express (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Choose Your Own Death American Jimmy (Randy Quaid), compatriot Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) and Brit Max (John Hurt) considering prospects of breaking out of their Turkish prison, in Midnight Express, 1978, directed by Alan Parker.

Birdy (1984) -- (Movie Clip) Things You Put Me Through After the introduction of the title character in the credits, scenes with injured Vietnam vet Al Columbati (Nicolas Cage), from director Alan Parker's Birdy, 1984, from William Wharton's novel.

Birdy (1984) -- (Movie Clip) The Weird Kid In the first flashback, young Al (Nicolas Cage), goaded by little brother Mario (James Santini) confronts the title character (Matthew Modine) over a stolen knife, in Alan Parker's Birdy, 1984.

Midnight Express - (Original Trailer) A young man arrested for drug smuggling fights to survive the horrors of a Turkish prison in Midnight Express (1978).

Shoot the Moon - (Original Trailer) Albert Finney and Diane Keaton star in Shoot the Moon (1982), a portrait of a family in the midst of divorce.

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1968

1972

1988

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